Hello Tony!
 > files into the root directory before rebooting. Also obviously (or
 > maybe not) the drive has to be FAT.
That's quite obvious, of course. The real Dos systemfiles have to work on a 
FAT partition. Don't forget, using dual boot, you are starting a plain 
vanilla DOS. So, everything has to be shaped into the plain vanilla Dos 
limitations. That's why the OS2 partition also has to be FAT and on C:
Groeten uit Belgi‰
  Kris
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